The speaker spinning local legend: Long Chung

TAYLOR MARTIN-ROBBINS

You are walking down the streets of downtown Guelph, taking in the sights when you see a crowd forming somewhere in the distance. Curious, you walk over to the crowd, and begin to hear singing.

As you push your way through, at the center of the crowd is a guy singing as he balances and spins a speaker on his head. That guy is Long Chung, a 26-year-old self-proclaimed ‘speaker legend’, or as TikTok knows him as, LongTendo255.

Chung, a local Guelph resident has a long history and passion for entertainment, beginning his journey seven years ago as a street performer.

“I started with balancing the speaker on my head, and it really has some charm I guess,” he said.

The speaker spinning started out as being atop his signature fedora, but he quickly realized that his particular head shape was perfect for balancing things on.

It was this unique feature that got Barstool Sports to post a video of him performing which would then start his career on social media. In 2019, he joined TikTok, where he rapidly skyrocketed to fame.

Now, Chung is continuing to increase his following, as well as doing voice acting. He also is on Cameo, an app where you can get him to wish your loved one happy birthday with personalized videos.

With his newfound fame, Chung has met many famous TikTokers, as well as some major celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Howie Mandel and The Kid Laroi. However, despite all of this attention, Chung manages to stay humble, simply just wanting to show off his talent.

“All I care about is entertainment,” he said.

If he could give any advice to people looking to get famous, he says to just believe in yourself, because you never know what you can bring into the world.

“Just try your best- you never know what you can do in your life,” he said.

As for next steps, Chung is starting to expand his career into the film world. Look out for the Tiktoker in an upcoming short film “Big Sale” coming out in 2023.

Long Chung's TikTok account has 204.9K followers and 6.7 million likes. CREDIT: LONG CHUNG

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